I'm moving to Sac at the end of the month for an internship at the UC Davis medical center. I lead trad in the 10s, sport in the 11s, and have a good attitude. I care more about getting out there and having fun than pushing grades, though I'm also down to go for it.

My game plan is to hang around Pipeworks on weekday nights and chase granite on the weekends. If you want to share a rope or have any tips on getting plugged in to the scene, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks!! Rob

I'll definitely drop you a line when I get into town. You won't be a drag at all. I'm perfectly happy climbing mellow routes at the Leap all weekend. Besides it will be cool to know someone who climbs at the med center.

Hello Rob and Justin, I climb at the Granite Arch on Tues/thurs about 8-10pm. Sometimes we even head out afterwards for some food/beers. There is a group of us but were always looking to add a few more. I like the lower testosterone levels of the GA gym but PW is pretty fun too.

Welcome to Sac, nothing great here but a couple of hours from everything.

Huh? Most of the regulars at PW are in the 30-55 year old range and are not exactly testosterone laden folks. Kind of a puzzling comment.

It's been some years since I was a regular, but I remember PW as one of the more diverse gyms you will find, not a bro pit or whatever was being implied. Hell, it isn't even located in the strip joint district like GA is!

One of my climbing partners was a pregnant lady, fer chrissakes! But, yes, she just oozed testosterone! Haha! Or maybe that's progesterone. I can't remember which hormone it was.

Hey guys! I'm starting a job in a lab on the Vet Med campus at the start of July and will be looking for climbing partners! I'll lead 9s and low 10s trad, lead 10s trad and 2nd on 11s... Have a thing for crack climbing too.

And for the locals~ anyone know how far from UC Davis to the closest outdoor climbing?

There's people that climb outside at Pipeworks pretty much every night of the week, not just Tuesday and Thursday. Not sure what type of facts those are. You shouldnt have any problem finding partners.

It seemed okay and is fairly close to Davis. It will be terribly hot though pretty soon. Granted, I don't really care much about bouldering and only went there once.

The closest climbing is not secret and all easily available on this site anyway. Cosumnes, Sugarloaf, Lover's Leap, Phantom Spires, Donner Summit, Bowman, Wright's Lake, Table Mountain (near Jamestown), Yosemite, Indian Springs.... All close enough, just search them here and decide....

There's people that climb outside at Pipeworks pretty much every night of the week, not just Tuesday and Thursday. Not sure what type of facts those are. You shouldnt have any problem finding partners.

To answer your question Adam, the Tuesday/Thursday "regular" crowd are in there on those days because they have a specific training regiman that fits in with climbing outside on the weekends. If you get outside regularly on the weekends and are working projects, then you generally need a rest day on Monday and Friday, i.e. rest before a redpoint day (Friday) and rest after two days of hard outdoor climbing (Monday). Are there people in PWs all days of the week (including weekends), sure, but if you are trying to get tuned into the crowd that spends a lot of time outside, then you are much better off coming to PWs on Tues/Thurs. Make sense?

....oh, and I am mainly referring to route climbers...I don't know what kind of training schedule the pebble pinchers are on...

It seemed okay and is fairly close to Davis. It will be terribly hot though pretty soon. Granted, I don't really care much about bouldering and only went there once. The closest climbing is not secret and all easily available on this site anyway. Cosumnes, Sugarloaf, Lover's Leap, Phantom Spires, Donner Summit, Bowman, Wright's Lake, Table Mountain (near Jamestown), Yosemite, Indian Springs.... All close enough, just search them here and decide....

Yup. What the guy holding the beer said. I would add that IMHO, there are only a few trad leads at Consumnes worth doing (the ones that are good are nice though). Most guidebooks give time and distance from Sacramento as a reference; if you are coming from Davis, just add 15 miles and 20 minutes to your trip (unless the I-80 causeway traffic is bad).

Yup. What the guy holding the beer said. I would add that IMHO, there are only a few trad leads at Consumnes worth doing (the ones that are good are nice though). Most guidebooks give time and distance from Sacramento as a reference; if you are coming from Davis, just add 15 miles and 20 minutes to your trip (unless the I-80 causeway traffic is bad). Welcome to Davis Liz.

I kinda like being known as the guy holding the beer ;). It's a fairly good way to spot me at the crag too.

I still need to get on those Gutenberger Wall routes, they look like they might be an adventure. True on the few good trad leads at Cosumnes comment. It's a great place to get a feel for granite though... Testpiece, Dinkum, as well as a 5.7 to the right of the formation strike me as all emininently leadable and moderate (5.9 or under). Unconquerable would be good with big gear. This time of year I'd do as the Sacramento/Bay Area herd do and get to Lover's Leap if I were looking for easy trad.

Yeah well where I grew up, that nickname would have been a badge of honor!! ....I mean beer is practically a sanctioned sport in Wisconsin.

Nice!

I would like to add the asterisk that I usually don't drink from bottles at the crag. I was free soloing that bottled beer, deep into the no fall zone. Don't try that at home, kids, it takes years of bitch slapping your liver to adapt to the challenges of the Drinkharder crew.

Nice! I would like to add the asterisk that I usually don't drink from bottles at the crag. I was free soloing that bottled beer, deep into the no fall zone. Don't try that at home, kids, it takes years of bitch slapping your liver to adapt to the challenges of the Drinkharder crew.

Liver?!?! You still have a liver? No, no, no.... ALL the pros have portable dialysis machines. What do you think all those cheese hats really are? Functional and stylish.

Great to see a strong climbing community here in sactown! I just move here for the summer and would love to explore tahoe and te sierras. I climb trad and sport. I tore my pulley 4 months ago so am weak but generally climb in the 5.10 5.11 area. Love long alpine routes of all levels. Would love to just get out doors. Hit me up If you'd like to climb. It sounds like I'll run into you'all at the gym during the week.